With lots of things being developed through web technologies, and many things being web-based so that it is cross-platform, will operating systems still be relevant?
We can differ philosophically by using Debian or Arch or Windows or Mac, but if nowadays applications are web-based or developed through something like Electron such that it can run on practically all modern operating systems. what is the relevance of operating systems galore?
Don’t get me wrong I love FOSS and Linux and stuff, but it seems that the paradigm right now is creating web applications, with many things being web-based.
Am I off, or is this something you also think about?
P.S. I’m a total noob when it comes to IT, so the question might be weirdly phrased.
So basically, the design of OSes in the future will be different? Maybe I don’t know enough about microkernels and OSes.
Basically yes. Instead of shipping everything and the kitchen sink for driver support the kernel will be built specifically for what’s needed and only that. Additionally only the kernel modules that are necessary will be included instead of optional when needed.